The second edition of this elegant and accessible primer offers a helpful reference and resource for directing actors in film television and theatre useful to directors actors and writers. Combining underlying theory with dozens of exercises designed to reveal the actors craft Lenore DeKoven discusses constructing the throughline analyzing the script character needs the casting and rehearsal processesampnbspas well as the actor and the camera. Distilling difficult concepts to their simplest form DeKoven explains how to accurately capture and portray human behavior on stage and screenampnbspoffering creative solutions to issues she has encountered or anticipated after decades of experience. Excerpts from interviews with acclaimed actors offer insightampnbspinto their work with directors what inspires them and what they really want from the director. This second edition incorporates the film Moonlight 2016 Barry Jenkinsampnbspfor analysis ofampnbspthe directing concepts discussed.